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The award-winning Perry Bible Fellowship has a achieved a cult following both online and in its weekly appearances in newspapers and magazines around the world. Now, for the first time, the hilarious cartoons of Nicholas Gurewitch are being collected in this handsome hardcover edition.
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LibraryThing member StaffPicks
This collection of Gurewitch's award winning comic, The Perry Bible Fellowship, is hilarious, absurd, dark, and somewhat demented. Highly imaginative, and wonderfully illustrated, each 3 or 4 paneled strip contains a clever and usually shocking punch line that is perfectly complimented by artwork
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that varies from very simple to detailed and polished. Readers with an appreciation for dark comedy will likely enjoy Gurewitch’s sharp wit and twisted sense of humour. Show Less
LibraryThing member StoutHearted
For fans of the online comic The Perry Bible Fellowship, this book will hold nothing new. This book is an archive of previously published comics. Yet if you are a fan, you'll no doubt be delighted with rehashing these old comics, as its biting, clever humor will catch you off guard again and again.
A great staple of PBF humor is the "things are not quite what they seem" reveal: everything looks sweet and innocent until the final panel, where we see that something dark and/or morbid has happened.
The art is very well drawn, and the colorful images often contrast with dark humor. Sometimes the artist borrows from other styles to parody them. It is amazing how well the artist can mimic styles like Edward Gorey.
If you have a dark sense of humor, this book is for you.
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A great staple of PBF humor is the "things are not quite what they seem" reveal: everything looks sweet and innocent until the final panel, where we see that something dark and/or morbid has happened.
The art is very well drawn, and the colorful images often contrast with dark humor. Sometimes the artist borrows from other styles to parody them. It is amazing how well the artist can mimic styles like Edward Gorey.
If you have a dark sense of humor, this book is for you.
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LibraryThing member Antholo
I love these twisted little comic strips. Often the jokes are phenomenally wrong, but always fantastic. And you can tell Gurewitch spends a lot of time on his artwork. This'll take you half an hour to read, and you'll feel like a better person for it, because even though you laughed at it, at least
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LibraryThing member Fables
Wonderful. Check out the website.
LibraryThing member jorgearanda
Nick Gurewitch is the undisputed master of the short comic strip.
LibraryThing member jreinhart
Almost all of these strips are unfunny. They fail to elicit a laugh. The "twisted" nature of the strips is presented in a "I'm so witty and different than all of you" kind of way by the author. The air of superiority is completely unflattering. Don't bother with this book.
LibraryThing member MeditationesMartini
A bit formulaic, yes, but so,so funny and terrifying. Helped keep all those unicorns and shit real in the mid-oughts.
LibraryThing member librarybrandy
Most of the book is just reprinting strips from the web, but it's still a blast to read. I've read nearly everything in this book and it still makes me laugh. Several strips I needed to read multiple times before I got the joke, but once I did, it's hilarious. There's a section at the end of strips
More sex and nudity than I recalled, though, so I might have some trouble adding it to my teen collection as planned. The characters aren't realistically drawn, so it might not be a problem.
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he's rejected for various reasons, and while I mostly agree with his reasons for rejecting them, a couple are laugh-out-loud funny.More sex and nudity than I recalled, though, so I might have some trouble adding it to my teen collection as planned. The characters aren't realistically drawn, so it might not be a problem.
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